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TIL Earlier this year Indonesian fishermen found what they believed to be an angel from Indonesian mythology that had fallen from the sky. Police investigations found it to be a sex doll.

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4Xd5R TIL when France was occupied by the Germans in 1940, Citroen was forced to produce vehicles for the Nazis. They chose to move the fill line on their oil dipsticks lower, causing the trucks to seize under stress from low oil.
mxQVE TIL After studying every prediction that Spock made, it was discovered that the the more confident he was in his predictions, the less likely they were to come true. When he described something as being "impossible," he ended up being wrong 83% of the time
VMoa0 TIL that peregrine falcons are the fastest animals on the planet, capable of reaching speeds around 200 MPH.
VBQGD TIL Devin Gaines earned five bachelor's degrees simultaneously in five years from the University of Connecticut. He completed 276 credits and graduated in May 2007. Just two months later in July, he drowned in a gravel pit quarry while swimming with friends.
wL8nE TIL there are 31 different American cities with a larger population than the state of Wyoming.